ith the answer.

"To William Landholm, Esq., North Lyttleton, Sassafras Co.

"My dear Rufus,

"Stick to your choice. Go West, and do _not_ come here. Do not
be discouraged by the fact of making money. And don't try to
turn Fortune's wheel by force, for it will break your arms.

"Yours ever,

"Winthrop Landholm."

Winthrop did not tell them at home that he was giving lessons
in the classics several hours daily, in order to live while he
was carrying on his own studies; nor that, to keep the burden
of his kind hosts, as well as his own burden, from growing any
heavier, he had refused to eat with them; and was keeping
himself in the most frugal manner, partly by the help of a
chop-house, and partly by the countenance and support of a
very humble little tin coffee-pot and saucepan in his own
attic at home. Mr. Haye's front door he had never entered, and
was more than indifferent where or what it led to.

"Why for do you not come to your friend, Mr. Haye, ever?" said
Mr. Herder to him one day.

"I am short of time, Mr. Herder."

"Time! -- But you come to see me?"

"I have time for that."

"I am glad of it," said the naturalist, "for there is no
person I like to see better come into my room; but ozer people
would like to see you come in too."

"I am not sure of that, Mr. Herder."

"I am sure," said his friend looking kindly at him. "You are
working too much."

"I can't do that, sir."

"Come wiz me to Mr. Haye to-night!"

"No sir, thank you."

"What for do you say that?"

"Because it is kind in you to ask me," said Winthrop smiling.

"You will not let nobody be of no use to you," said the
naturalist.

Winthrop replied by a question about a new specimen; and the
whole world of animate nature was presently buried in the
bowels of the earth, or in the depths of philosophy, which
comes to about the same thing.

But it fell out that same day that Winthrop, going into the
chop-house to fit himself for hard work with a somewhat better
dinner than usual, planted himself just opposite a table which
five minutes after was taken by Mr. Haye. It happened then
that after the usual solitary and selfish wont of such places,
the meals were near over before either of the gentlemen found
out he had ever seen the other. But in the course of Mr.
Haye's second glass of wine, his eye took a satisfied fit of
roving over the company; and presently discovered something it
had seen before in the figure and face oppo